Barros Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Barros Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
SE of Argentine Islands, Graham Coast, were charted by FAE, 1908-10, and named Îles de Barros after Capt. Barros Cobra, Brazilian naval officer at Rio de Janiero, who assisted the expedition (Charcot, 1910, p.22, 366; 1912, Pl. 3). Barros Rocks (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.400; BA chart 3196, 12.xi.1958; APC, 1955, p.5; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). Rocas Barros (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.192; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.41). The rocks were further charted by FIDS-RN, 1956-58.
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